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Of the nine dismissals in the U.S. attorney scandal, the firing of former New Mexico U.S. Atty. David Iglesias was probably the most blatantly partisan. A

I reported earlier this week that Republicans were holding up a vote to confirm Surgeon General nominee Regina Benjamin because, basically, of arguments over

A new report from the Treasury Department -- the last of its kind -- shows that despite all the regulation-avoiding PR campaigns, new loans at the nine largest

The McCain campaign quickly backtracked from its Tuesday announcement that the Republican presidential nominee invented the BlackBerry, explaining that the

So why did Feith believe the Taliban -- not Al Qaeda -- was entitled to Geneva Conventions protections but not P.O.W. privileges? This comes across as

On Tuesday morning, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) rolled out the House GOP’s budget blueprint for 2012. Meanwhile, the White House and the GOP-controlled House

According to a recent Kaiser Health Tracking Poll conducted by Public Opinion and Survey Research Program, 66 percent of Americans agree with the federal government’s recent decision to include birth control in its list of preventative services. # The Department of Health and Human services recently included contraception in a list of preventive care under the Affordable Care Act. Because of this decision, women will have their birth control covered by their insurance without co-payments

Three election law experts who have been closely tracking the Norm Coleman-Al Franken contest for Minnesota’s currently unfilled seat in the U.S. Senate weigh

A military court ordered Victor Agosto, an Army signalman with III Corps based out of Ft. Hood, jailed for refusing to go to Afghanistan due to his belief that

As the economy continues to flop, congressional Democrats are pushing harder to move a second economic stimulus bill before the end of the year. Taxpayers

For a comedian-turned-politician with no formal legal training, the newest senator and Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked Supreme Court

Wells Fargo announced today it expects to turn a $3 billion profit for the first quarter of this year, some surprisingly good news from the troubled banking

President Barack Obama will give a speech on financial regulatory reform this morning at New York’s Cooper Union college, located one mile from Wall Street. He

As the Obama administration assesses that Iran is near nuclear capability , Iran has released a series of proposals for negotiations on the nuclear question.

The Texas House approved Friday an amendment to state budget bill House Bill 1 that restores funding -- albeit at a reduced level -- for a program that pays

Here are a few photos of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman campaigning Monday night. (Photos after the jump).

The state Senate wrapped up the last of their budget bills yesterday and the House is expected to take up and vote on their remaining bills today, months before the end of the fiscal year for the first time in decades.

Five legal experts discussed Elana Kagan’s prospects for confirmation to the Supreme Court today at the Aspen Institute, and Abbey Brandon of TWI’s video team

The House will shortly begin debating a resolution to denounce a U.N. report into Israeli and Hamas war crimes in last year’s Gaza war co-sponsored by Rep.